Your dedicated volunteers left the toys Santa delivered at home and braved sub-freezing temperatures to participate in the final volunteer drill night of 2022. Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) skills were honed, as well as civilian rescue via ground ladder and firefighter rescue via aerial apparatus.

Live smoke was utilized to simulate actual search conditions.  Participants were challenged via elevated room temperatures, limited- to zero-visibility, and multiple-task-dependant scenarios.

Any of these skills could be called into play at any structure fire.  Training under realistic conditions builds confidence and muscle-memory in the firefighter and helps assure that time-critical skills are part of the tools brought to bear at an emergency.